About this Add-on

This extension will save automatically the content in textarea or WYSIWYG editor when user is typing. User can recover the saved texts in the cache window, even the tab or the window is closed unexpectedly.

It would be useful to have the Textarea Cache button on the toolbar. Please open the toolbar context menu (for example right-click on the toolbar for Windows and Linux), and click "customize", then drag the Textarea Cache button onto the toolbar. The button is grayscale when the cache is empty. When you start to type something on a textarea, the button will become colorful. Click the button will open the Textarea Cache Window. You can also open the Option Window by clicking the small arrow next to the button.

If you prefer a small icon on the add-on bar (on the bottom of Firefox window, you need to turn it on by pressing ctrl-/), you can check the "Show statusbar icon when texts are saved in the cache" option in the option window.

If you prefer a small icon on the add-on bar, but you want to customize its position, please drag the Textarea Cache toolbar button onto the add-on bar.

Version Information

* The cache is now saved in an external file* The default size of cache changes to 50* A bigger icon for Firefox 29* Add an option to hide the toolbar button when the cache is vide* No more bugs on Reddit.com* uk-UA localization updated

Development Channel

The Development Channel lets you test an experimental new version of this add-on before it's released to the general public. Once you install the development version, you will continue to get updates from this channel. To stop receiving development updates, reinstall the default version from the link above. Install development version

Caution: Development versions of this add-on have not been reviewed by Mozilla and can't be installed on release versions of Firefox.

Privacy Policy

Textarea Cache saves what you type in a text box or a WYSIWYG editor only and locally in your computer. Textarea Cache does not gather your password or credit card data. The saved data will be deleted if you restart Firefox twice (without session restore). In Private Browsing, Textarea Cache does not work.